"Star Trek" is home to countless alien species, many of whom offer beloved characters. Some are not. We rank the 10 most ...

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From Viking to Perseverance, scientists have spent decades chasing chemical hints that could point to life beyond Earth.

Over the last century of cinematic sci-fi, movies like Planet of the Apes and The Thing have produced some of the most ...

Exoplanet TOI-561 b is the closest of four worlds orbiting a 10-billion-year-old G-type star roughly 280 light-years from Earth. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Ralf Crawford illustration NASA’s James Webb ...

For the first time, scientists have directly detected molecules in a Frisbee of gas and dust swirling around an alien gas-giant planet. “I didn’t think this was possible,” says astronomer Sierra Grant ...

In 1995, a pair of scientists discovered a planet outside our solar system orbiting a solar-type star. Since that finding—which won the scientists a portion of the 2019 Nobel Prize in ...

What if you crash-landed on an alien planet? Discover the survival strategies and extreme environments of extraterrestrial worlds. Pennsylvania becomes the 28th state to pass the Crown Act Trump gives ...

FX has finally reached a verdict on the future of Alien: Earth following the explosive Season 1 finale. The studio has confirmed that Alien: Earth has been renewed and will move forward with another ...

Now, the new film Predator: Badlands is getting attention for its prominent use of Weyland-Yutani, the organization that has been a major part of the Alien franchise ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have made the first 3D map of an alien planet's atmosphere, revealing extreme temperature swings on the exoplanet WASP-18b. When you purchase through ...